Jamaica will design a broad-based strategy for reducing the economic and social effects of severe weather events and other climate change impacts in an IDB knowledge and capacity building initiative financed by the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR). Jamaica’s size and geographic location make it particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. More extreme … [Read more...] about Comprehensive Strategy to Identify Measures for Reducing Climate Change Impacts
Climate change
Adaptation, systemization and holistic management: the case of southern Mexico
Mexico’s Tabasco and Chiapas states, bordering Guatemala, constitute a highly vulnerable region with high climatic risks. However, this area of southern Mexico could become an example of adaptation to climate change through an innovative plan for the Grijalva and Usumacinta rivers basin. Located 15 miles from its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico, and considered one of the … [Read more...] about Adaptation, systemization and holistic management: the case of southern Mexico
Call for proposals: climate change projects for the German Government
The International Climate Initiative of the German Government (IKI) supports projects in developing countries and emerging economies in these four areas: Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions Adapting to the impacts of climate change Conserving natural carbon sinks with a focus on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) Conserving … [Read more...] about Call for proposals: climate change projects for the German Government
Data Collection on Brazil’s Savannah Fosters Conservation
A comprehensive initiative to gather forest and land use data on a threatened biome in Brazil will support conservation measures and contribute to sustainable programs to mitigate GHG emissions. The project, which will be financed by the Forest Investment Program, will encourage the rational utilization of forest resources by fostering production chains of timber and … [Read more...] about Data Collection on Brazil’s Savannah Fosters Conservation
Brazil Investment Plan to Protect Cerrado Biome
The Brazil FIP Investment Plan will maximize the impact of actions being carried out by the country’s ministries of environment, science and technology, and agriculture to reduce deforestation in the Cerrado biome by improving environmental management in areas already altered by people and by producing and disseminating environmental information. The plan was endorsed by the … [Read more...] about Brazil Investment Plan to Protect Cerrado Biome